Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Sept. 30 -- Punjab Congress working president and former minister Raj Kumar Verka on Wednesday hit back at union Home Minister Amit Shah over his pledge to make Punjab drug-free by December 2029, questioning the Centre's record in preventing the cross-border smuggling of narcotics and weapons.
Verka's remarks came after Shah, addressing the concluding rally of the BJP's Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra in Jalandhar, promised to eliminate "chitta", a commonly used term for heroin and synthetic drugs, from Punjab before December 31, 2029, if the BJP were voted to power.
"If drugs and weapons are continuously coming from across the border through drones, then what is the Home Ministry doing?" Verka told reporters.
He said the ...